maneki neko is loved by everyone for its round face and lovely big eyes. That may be the reason why it is chosen as a symbol of luck. It looks like a cat waving his paw to greet the customers but actually, that's the gesture of a cat washing its face. The cat often washes its face whenever it feels the rain is coming. Moreover, because of its sensitivity, the cat often feels restless when there's someone coming near it. To release its fear, the cat washes its face. From this gesture of the cat, the Japanese assume that every time a cat washes its face there will come a customer. In addition to that, a cat washing its face looks like it is greeting someone. Therefore, the Japanese believe if they put a figurine of a cat with that "greeting" gesture in front of their stores, the customers will come in.Buy Japanese Lucky Cat And Save Big - Low US Shipping & Fast!Everyone loves the manekineko (lucky cat). Now you can enjoy the adventures of Katamaru.Lucky Cat can be seen perching on top of cash registers of restaurants in cities from Rio De Janeiro to Moscow, and from New York to San Francisco. He is sold in all Japanese gift-shops and Chinese grocery-markets in the major cities of the world, and in recent years, there has been an amazing number of modern style "versions" of maneki neko cat. maneki neko history - The Japanese Beckoning Cat . Cats had a great impact upon the symbolism of great cultures, due to their appearance, their independency, their playful behavior or fight abilities maneki neko history . Cats have been seen from different points of view by different cultures. The ancient Egyptians worshiped cats as gods, as they believed that their soul will inhabit cats after death and they had a special symbolism in their culture related to cats. They gave cat a human-like form, worshiping it as Bastet, the cat goddess. In medieval Europe, cats were regarded as keeping a malefic seed, being witches' companions and devil's tool. The Church commanded that all black cats ought to be killed and therefore, the evil seed on earth be eliminated. Cat's nocturnal behavior, characterized by the reflection of light from its retina in the dark and its amazing speed also this conception.
red maneki neko - The Japanese Beckoning Cat
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